和Joe Cocker 合唱電影軍官與紳士主題曲Up Where We Belong以及和Bill Medley合唱電影熱舞17 主題曲I've Had the Time of My Life 的女歌手!她還有一首蠻知名的歌曲I know a heartache when I see one(觸景傷情1979), 該曲曾被眾多歌手翻唱，包括許冠傑/杜莉莎、溫拿、鄧麗君等巨星。
小葉 0705
Jennifer Warnes
Famous Blue Raincoat: 20th Anniversary Edition
2007/8/7
Shout Factory
這首歌是加拿大詩人歌手李歐納柯罕著名的作品，但同為加拿大籍的著名女歌手珍妮佛華倫斯翻唱的版本更為悱惻動人，收錄在她的同名專輯"著名的藍雨衣"中，這張專輯除了演唱、演奏一流，錄音更是超棒。
《Famous blue raincoat》了，歌詞的大意是一個男人的妻子愛上了他的朋友，最後他的朋友一走了之，這個失意的男人在淩晨四點給他的浪子朋友寫信，他說：“你把我的女人當做是你生命中的一個片段，而她回來時已經不再是任何人的妻子……而我挺想念你……我想我已經原諒你了……之類，曖昧的一塌糊塗，而Jennifer的唱腔更是癡情的一塌糊塗，拖長的調調，完美的人聲在背後的小提琴的襯托下顯得更加漂亮，很是值得關心一下啊。
On Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, Jennifer Warnes rearranged and reinterpreted some of Leonard Cohen's greatest songs for a unique album that remains the ultimate tribute to Cohen's music. It was greeted with rave reviews, and made numerous year-end best-of lists. This deluxe new reissue contains four previously unreleased songs and a 24-page booklet with rare photos from Warnes' personal collection.
Best known for such pop hits as the Oscar- and Grammywinning duets "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," with Bill Medley, from the film Dirty Dancing, and "Up Where We Belong," with Joe Cocker, from the film An Officer and a Gentleman, Jennifer Warnes has earned her greatest acclaim for Farmous Blue Raincoat, considered by many to be one of thebest albums of the '80s
Features four previously unreleased recordings
Digitally remastered from the original analog tapes
Deluxe booklet that tells the story behind one of the most acclaimed albums of all time
"Her voice is like the California weather--filled with sunlight , but there's an earthquake behind it." --Leonard Cohen
1987/6/9
Bmg Int'l
01005 82092 2
Jennifer和 Cohen 相識多年，彼此都很熟悉。早在Cohen1972和1979的巡演期間，她就擔任Cohen的首席伴唱歌手，在Cohen 低沉嘶啞的聲音裡加上些輕快活潑的色彩。Cohen對她的這張專輯也鼎力相助，專程到洛杉磯工作了四個多月，並與Jennifer合作演唱了"Joan of Arc" ，同時參與了"First We Take Manhattan..." 的錄影。
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（Jennifer Warnes），出生於美國華盛頓州西雅圖的桔郡。當她還是一個孩子的時候，Jennifer已經在公眾場合為大家展示她動人的歌喉了。1967年,Jennifer 在 Smothers Brot-hers主持的電視專欄裏展示了她迷人的風采。Jennifer與Mason Williams合作的第一張單曲推出後，她成為了洛杉磯Club的成員。她還在西海岩公司出品的電影《Hair》中擔任了主角。1977年，Jennifer 的唱片《 Right T-ime of The Night》推出後，取得了美國流 行樂排行榜的Top 10。而1979年出版的《I Know A Heartache When I See One 》也同樣取得了成功。1980年，Jennifer憑藉《It Goes Like It Goes》諾瑪蕊Norma Rae (1979) 獲得了奧斯卡最佳原創歌曲的殊榮。1983年，她又推出了《Up Where We B-elong》,闖入了全美流行曲排行榜。而另一些電影歌曲《Nights Are Forever》陰陽魔界Twilight Zone(1983) ;《All The Right Moves》步步登天/奮鬥年華All the Right Moves (1983)也受到了觀眾、聽眾的青睞。1987年，舞曲《I've Had The Time Of My Life》又為Jennifer贏得了一個No.1。Jennifer Wames 憑藉獨具的歌唱魅力，在歐美樂壇流行一時。
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now,
I hope you're keeping some kind of record.
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --
She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
-- Sincerely, L.Cohen
現在是淩晨四點 已是十二月底
我正在寫信給你 只想知道你好不好
紐約很冷 但我喜歡我住的地方
克林頓街上 整晚都飄送著音樂聲
聽說 你正在沙漠深處蓋房子
現在的你不為什麼而活
但願 你還保留著一些唱片
是的 珍帶著一束你的頭髮來我這裏
她說是你給她的
那一夜 你打算清理一切
你真的都打理好了麼？
上次見到你 你看起來蒼老許多
你那漂亮的藍雨衣 肩膀的地方已經磨損
你曾到車站等候每一班火車
她從未出現，我是指莉莉瑪蓮（註）
你對待我的女人 如同你生命中的片段
當她回到家 她不是任何人的妻子
我在那兒看見你 唇齒間含著一朵玫瑰
又一個薄情的吉普賽偷心漢
噢！我看到珍醒了
她向你問候
我能告訴你什麼? 我還能說些什麼？
我想是我想念你 我想我會原諒你
我很高興你出現在我生命中
如果你來這兒
不管是為了珍還是為了我
我要你知道，你的情敵已經睡了
我要你知道，你的女人已經自由了
謝謝你帶走她眼裏的煩憂
我想一切都好 所以我從未想要改變
珍帶著一束你的頭髮來我這裏
她說是你給她的
那一夜，你打算清理一切
——誠摯的，萊昂納多.科恩
（註）莉莉瑪蓮：很多年前漢堡一位作家漢斯普萊為水手寫了一首詞，內容大致是即將分手的愛人在路燈下殷殷道別，三十年後柏林作曲家諾伯修茲為之譜曲。《莉莉瑪蓮》後來成為軸心同盟兩方戰士的精神食糧，也是歷史上最具傳奇性的歌曲。 莉莉瑪蓮那種企望孤單柔弱，永遠在燈下等待的形象，是大部分人心目中理想的女人。
Cover versions (alphabetically 按字母順序地)
"Famous Blue Raincoat" has also been recorded by several other artists, including:
Tori Amos on tribute album Tower of Song (1995)
Joan Baez on live album Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring (1989)
John Bergeron on tribute album In the House of Mystery (2002)
Kari Bremnes on tribute album Hadde månen en søster: Cohen på norsk (1993), as "Gikk du noen gang fri?"
Lloyd Cole on compilation album Rare on Air, Vol. 2 (1995)
Judy Collins on live album Living (1971) and on tribute album Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (2004)
Jonathan Coulton (2006)
Luce Dufault on album Soir de première (2000)
The Handsome Family on Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (OST), (2006)
Hayden (Paul Hayden Desser) (live)
Steve Hogarth (live)
Karen Jo Fields on album In Your Pages (2005)
Katie Buckhaven on the 2005 album Katie Buckhaven.
Andrew John on album The Machine Stops (1972)
Swan Lee on tribute album På danske læber, as Din gamle blå frakke
Sharon Lifshitz (Hebrew cover; Lyrics by Tzruya Lahav) on album "Kav HaOsher" (1993)
The Like (live on Indie 103.1 FM, B-side of "June Gloom" single)
Laurie MacAllister on album The Things I Choose to Do (2005)
Tom Mega on album Songs & Prayers (1995)
Marissa Nadler on album Songs III: Bird on the Water (2007)
Dax Riggs (live)
Roman Roczen (polish cover)
Damien Saez on live album God Blesse (2002)
Beth Sorrentino on album Nine Songs, One Story (2006)
Jennifer Warnes on tribute album Famous Blue Raincoat (1987)
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